Macbeth's Corruption Throughout The Play

From William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, the round character, Macbeth, is complex in multiple ways. Macbeth changes his reputation throughout the play. He is an ambitious character filled with self-doubt.

Macbeth slowly becomes corrupt over the course of the play. In the beginning, he is a Scottish nobleman who is loyal and heroic. By many the previous Thane of Cawdor is known by his bravery in battle. Macbeth becomes dishonest and unfaithful to the king. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth create an elaborate plan to murder the king, Duncan, in his slumber. After Macbeth becomes king by dishonest actions, the tyrannical Macbeth turns violent and is the opposite from the character he once was at the beginning of the play.

Macbeth is an ambitious

character. After the weird sisters tell Macbeth deceiving information of his future titles, Macbeth decides he will stop at nothing to fulfill his prophecies. Obsessed with obtaining power, Macbeth kills Duncan in order to obtain the title of king. He senses that ultimately Duncan’s death will result in Macbeth’s downfall; nonetheless, Macbeth still continues the plan with his wife due to ambition for power. The weird sisters never drive Macbeth to achieve any goals; Macbeth’s secret deepest desires are fulfilled by his own personal drive. He becomes violent and murderous because of his strong desire for power and the constant feeling of unsatisfactory.
Macbeth consumes himself in self-doubt. He predicts that he will create a frivolous life for himself and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth almost does not perform the plan for Duncan’s murder, but Lady Macbeth questions his manhood and urges for him to kill the king. Macbeth is too prideful to refuse the performance. After crowned king and queen, guilt consumes the royal couple. Lady Macbeth claims she can never wash away the blood and eventually commits suicide. Macbeth questions the reason for living and in a sense is actually relieved when the army takes over the castle which later results in Macbeth’s death.